Amazing Iceland Tour June to September, 2018/2019 13 Nights – 14 Days
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Day One - Departure Day Five – Barðaströnd – Ísafjörður
Depart via flights from US Airport. Note: Flights are based on East Enjoy breakfast at your hotel this morning prior to checking out Start the Coast rates. Other departure airports are available, subject to price day by visiting the impressive red sand beach at Rauðasandur, which change. Meals: None. shifts in colour from golden to orange to red depending on the daylight. Afterwards, head to Látrabjarg, famous for being Europe‘s westernmost Day Two - Arrival point and a home to nesting sea birds. Enjoy the views of the Westfjord Alps. Arrive to Keflavík International Airport via flight #TBA. Enjoy lunch at your own expense today. Stop at Dynjandi, a collection Board MARS-arranged coach and depart on guided transfer to of layered waterfalls that cascade down a 100 meter/ 328 foot high Reykjavík. Check in at your local Reykjavík area hotel. Enjoy dinner mountainside. View the interestingly- designed avalanche protection wall at your own expense this evening. Meals: NONE. in Flateyri before arriving in Ísafjörður, the “capital“ of the West Fjords. Enjoy dinner included and check in to local Ísafjörður hotel. Meals: B, Day Three–Reykjavík–Þingvellir–Reykholt Borgarfjörður D.
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel this morning prior to checking out. Visit Day Six – Ísafjörður – Laugarbakki Þingvellir National Park, a UNESCO site remarkable for its tectonic plate geology and for its special place in Icelandic history Cross over the Enjoy breakfast at your hotel this morning prior to checking out Leaving Kaldidalur mountain pass on an unpaved track. This route shows you the town of Ísafjörður, head towards the now mostly abandoned fjords of the rugged beauty of the Icelandic highland wilderness. View the Ísafjarðardjúp, secluded below steep mountains that have eroded over spectacular waterfalls Hraunfossar and Barnafoss. Enjoy lunch at your thousands of years. Enjoy lunch at your own expense today.Cross over own expense while touring. Drive through the fertile Borgarfjörður Steingrímsfjarðarheiði Moor and arrive in Hólmavík in the Strandir region and visit Reykholt, home of the eminent 13th-century scholar, region. Here you’ll learn about the traditions of sorcery in Iceland since the politician and Saga author, Snorri Sturluson Stop at Deildartunguhver, Middle Continue from the Westfjords and into the Miðfjörður area of North the most powerful hot spring in Europe Enjoy dinner included and Iceland. Enjoy dinner included and check in to local Laugarbakki area check in to local Borgarfjörður hotel. Meals: B, D. hotel. Meals: B, D.
Day Four– Borgarfjörður – Snæfellsnes – Westfjords Day Seven - Miðfjörður – Skagafjörður – Akureyri
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel this morning prior to checking out. Today Enjoy breakfast at your hotel this morning prior to checking out. you will discover the mystical Snæfellsnes peninsulaand Snæfellsjökull Continue your journey in North Iceland. The first stop at Gauksmýri farm National Park Stop at Búðir hamlet, one of the few areas in Iceland and horse breeding centre. Continue to the beautiful Skagafjörður with white sand beaches. Stop in Arnarstapi village for a short walk district, a place where many important historical events have occurred along its coastline with magnificent columnar basalt formations teeming and where you will visit the regional folk museum at Glaumbær for an with birdlife in summer. Enjoy lunch at your own expense today. Take a insight into Icelandic 18th and 19th-century farm life. Enjoy lunch at your circular route around the legendary Snæfellsjökull glacier which covers own expense today. Afterwards, continue to Akureyri, the “capital “of the a powerful central volcano and is unquestionably the crown jewel of North. Enjoy a brief sightseeing tour of the town before checking in at your Snæfellsnes Peninsula. In Stykkisholmur, board a ferry for a ride accommodation Enjoy dinner included and check in to local Akureyri across spectacular Breidafjörður, a bay dotted with thousands of tiny hotel. Meals: B, D. islands. Encircled by mountains and the Snæfellsjökull volcano, this dramatic bay is home to 50 bird species, including the rare white-tailed eagle Enjoy dinner included and check in to local Borgarfjörður hotel. Meals: B, D. deep waters of the lagoon. Enjoy lunch at your own expense today. Day Eight-– Akureyri – Mývatn – Húsavík Continue on to the Vatnajökull National Park‘s Skaftafell area, a beautiful green oasis beneath towering Öræfajökull, the highest peak in Enjoy breakfast at your hotel this morning prior to checking out In the Iceland. Proceed across Skeiðarársandur with its vast stretches of black morning, head along the shores of Eyjafjörður fjord, making a stop to view sanformed by mighty glacial rivers before arriving in Kirkjubæjarklaustur the impressive Goðafoss, the ”waterfall of the gods.“ Continue to Lake town, former site of a 12th century catholic convent for an overnight stay. Mývatn a paradise for birdwatchers and geologists. Enjoy lunch at your own Enjoy dinner and check in to local Kirkjubæjarklaustur hotel. Meals: expense today. Finally, take a walk in the surreal Námaskarð geothermal B, D. field with its bubbling mud pools, hissing steam vents and multi-coloured solfataras Head to the fishing village of Húsavík, known as the whale Day Twelve - Kirkjubæjarklaustur – Vík – Hvöllsvöllur watching capital of Iceland (pending availability). Enjoy dinner included and check in to local Húsavík area hotel.Optional: Visit to the Mývatn Enjoy breakfast at your hotel this morning prior to checking out. Nature Baths • Evening whale watching in Húsavík Departure across the enormous Eldhraun lava field -- the largest lava Meals: B, D. flow recorded in history -- and the black desert sands of Mýrdalssandur before arriving in Vík. Enjoy lunch at your own expense today. End the Day Nine-- Húsavík– Dettifoss – Egilsstaðir day in Hvollsvöllur, a town situated close to where events from this saga took place. Enjoy dinner included and check in to local Hvollsvöllur Enjoy breakfast at your hotel this morning prior to checking out. Drive along area hotel. Meals: B, D. the fossil-rich Tjörnes peninsula to thenorthern part of Vatnajökull National Park. This is the Jökulsárgljúfur region of the park, where glacial floods and volcanic eruptions have created a unique landscape. Enjoy lunch at your Day Thirteen-Hvollsvöllur–Gullfoss – Geysir – Reykjavík own expense today. Continue eastward over the vast and now unpopulated Jökuldalsheiði plateau and into the fertile Fljótsdalur district. Enjoy Enjoy breakfast at your hotel this morning prior to checking out. Start dinner included and check in to local Egilsstaðir area hotel. Meals: B, D. the day with a visit to the interactive new Lava Centre in Hvollsvöllur, where you can discover more about Iceland‘s volcanoes and Day Ten - Egilsstaðir – East Fjords – Höfn earthquakes. Enjoy lunch at your own expense today. Nearby, your group will discover the lively hot spring area of Geysir. View Strokkur Enjoy breakfast at your hotel this morning prior to checking out. Travel geyser spout a column of water up to 30 meters (98 feet) every few along the rugged and varied coastline of the East Fjords, some of which are minutes, as well as many other bubbling and boiling hot springs. Enjoy now deserted. In Stöðvarfjörður your group will view the spectacular dinner at your own expense and check in to local Reykjavík area collection of Icelandic rocks and minerals at Petra’s stone collection Enjoy hotel. Meals: B. lunch at your own expense today. At Álftarfjörður you might see thousands of whooper swans which have given the fjord its name.Explore Day Fourteen - Departure Southeast Iceland and the town of Höfn, where you will have views of magnificent Vatnajökull, the largest glacier in Europe. Enjoy dinner included Check out of your hotel and depart on an unguided transfer to Keflavík and check in to local Höfn area hotel. Meals: B, D. International Airport for MARS-arranged flight home. Meals: NONE.
Day Eleven - Höfn – Skaftafell – Kirkjubæjarklaustur
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel this morning prior to checking out. Pass several outlet glaciers on your way to the world-famous Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, where huge icebergs float and grind together in the still,
Tour includes: Round trip airfare, Local English speaking driver and guide as per itinerary, private coach as per itinerary, 9 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 5 dinners, 9 nights hotel accommodations, admissions and guide service as stated in the itinerary, taxes and gratuity, except gratuity for Escort and driver is NOT included.
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